The Shaker Bison are taking a road trip to challenge the Christian Brothers Academy Brothers at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. Shaker's pitching crew has only allowed 2.8 runs per game this season, so Christian Brothers Academy's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
Shaker is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: La Salle Institute, who was ranked 17th at the time (Shaker was ranked seventh). The Bison fell 5-1 to the Cadets on Wednesday. That makes it the first time this season the Bison have let down their home crowd.
Christian Brothers Academy let Niskayuna stack four runs on them in the second inning on Wednesday but luckily Christian Brothers Academy prevailed anyway. The Brothers narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Silver Warriors 8-7. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Brothers as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
The team relied heavily on Jacob Podlucky, who went 2-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and two RBI. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last four times he's played.
This is the second loss in a row for Shaker and nudges their season record down to 9-3. As for Christian Brothers Academy, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Everything went Shaker's way against Christian Brothers Academy in their previous meeting back in May of 2024, as Shaker made off with a 7-1 victory. Will the Bison repeat their success, or do the Brothers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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